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Formed in 2002, Hands Up For Trad seeks to increase the profile and visibility of Scottish traditional music through information, education & advocacy.
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Weel duin tae
@Lenniesaurus
wha hae bin nominatit in Scots Media Person o the Year sponsored by
@ScotsDictionars
, Scots Performer o the Year sponsored by
@ArtsTrad
in the Scots Language Awards.
#sla2021
@CreativeScots
@scotslanguage
@GenuineScotland
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Scots Speaker o the Year sponsored by Scots Language Centre.
The Winner: Iona Fyfe
#sla2021
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🏆Big well done to
@ionafyfe
who has been presented with the Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year Award, sponsored by
@TMSAScotland
! 👏 Jist braw! 🎤
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Dear
@NicolaSturgeon
, remember if you are cancelling events please make sure there is financial assistance available for musicians and back stage staff in place. We need to look after to these people who have nothing else.
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The coveted Album of the Year award goes to none other than
@DuncanWChisholm
! 🎶📀 The incredible Black Cuillin draws inspiration from the Isle of Skye's epic landscape. Congratulations Duncan!
🏆 Sponsored by
@BirnamCD
.
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Congratulations to
@DuncanWChisholm
’s
#CovidCeilidh
nominated in Online Performance of 2020 sponsored by
@GordonDuncanMT
in the
@MGALBA
Scots Trad Music Awards 2020. Read about Duncan here
#NaTrads
#HUFTOnline
#BBCALBA
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Vote now in the Scots Language Awards! Find out more about the amazing Scots nominees here
@CreativeScots
@scotslanguage
@ScotGovFM
@ScotGovScots
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Congratulations to Amy Laurenson, BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award winner 2023.
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I need your help
@Facebook
. My account has been hacked, our Facebook page taken down and someone is trying to charge us £400 everyday via PayPal and yet I cannot get an answer from you.
@MetaNewsroom
@finkd
Please help
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@ScotNational
Well done
@LesleyRiddoch
I don’t think they liked it, but you made your point well! We need more of this!
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Thank you all for tuning in this evening!
We have:
✅Hit number 2 in trending for the whole UK!
✅Had a fabulous time hearing great trad music!
✅Streamed across the world! 🌏
✅Began planning next years travel arrangements?
✅Had a party!!! 🎉
SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
#NaTrads
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Tody
@joydunlop
tells how to say Cho sgìth ris a' chù (as tired as a dog - a good Covid saying!) for
#sayagaelicphraseday
. Join in the fun on Friday 5th February. Learn a phrase at
#scotlandloveslanguages
#L
àAbairtNaGàidhlig
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Congratulations tae aa the Scots Leid Award winners! 🥳 It wis anither grand nicht o Scots sangs, poetry, wirds an fine entertainmint. 🎶
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Renowned for their mighty live shows,
@trailwestband
have picked up Live Act of the Year, sponsored by
@GordonDuncanMT
! 👏🥁🙌
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Poet
@Lenniesaurus
hosts award ceremony recognising all those who champion Scots language
@scotsman_arts
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That's a wrap on the 2023
@MGALBA
Scots Trad Music Awards! 🎵 It's been an unbelievable display and celebration of Scottish talent! 🏆 Give it up for your winners!
A HUGE thank you to everyone who made tonight possible and such a success. ✨ We couldn't do it without you.
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And the winner of BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award 2019 is Benedict Morris!!!
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Well done to
@Runrig1973
who have been presented with the Services to Gaelic award! 🎉
#NaTrads
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What a night that was! 🪩🏆 Congratulations again to our 2023 winners! 🤩
Big thanks also to our live performers, it really was an epic evening to celebrate the incredible Scottish traditional music scene with friends. 💙
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It's Folk Band of the Year now, sponsored by
@threadsofsound
... big round of applause for
@BlazinFiddles
! 🥳🎻
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Hands Up For Trad announces ‘Gary Innes, Ewen Henderson, Ali Hutton In Concert’, raising funds for Folk In Crisis on Saturday 1st August. Find out more and buy a ticket!
@GaryInnes
@ManranOfficial
@AlihuttonPipes
@herringtweets
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Congratulations to A Night For Angus on winning the Event of the Year Award! This event was dedicated to the Shooglenifty fiddle player the late , great Angus Grant.
#NaTrads
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#SayAGaelicPhraseDay
is next Friday 18th February. Here's another great phrase from
@joydunlop
! Find out more at
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The Scots Language Awards are open for yir votes! Hae a swatch at a the fantoosh nominees and vote!
@scotslanguage
@GenuineScotland
@CreativeScots
@TradMusicForum
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And the winner of BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award 2018 is Hannah Rarity
@hannahrarity
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The next award is the Live Act of the Year...
And the winner is ... 👀
PEAT AND DIESEL!!! 🎉🎉
#NaTrads
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Find out about Tional, the first online Gaelic Music Festival weekend, featuring a host of stars from 18th - 20th September 2020, broadcasting online with funding support from
@bordnagaidhlig
's COVID-19 Support Fund
#Tional
#HUFTOnline
#cleachdiaigantaigh
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Scots Book o the Year, sponsored by Scottish Book Trust
Winner: Be guid tae yer Mammy, Emma Grae (Unbound)
#ScotsLanguageAwards22
#HandsUpForTrad
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The next award is the Musician of the Year Award ...
And the winner is ... 👀
JENN BUTTERWORTH!!! 🎉🎉 (
@jennbutterworth
)
#NaTrads
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Congratulations to Dr. Kenna Campbell MBE on being awarded the Services to Gaelic Award!
#NaTrads
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Scots Teacher o the Year sponsored by Scottish Qualifications Authority.
The Winner: Kerry Fraser, Perth High School
#sla
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EVENT OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by VISIT SCOTLAND
Winner! Hebcelt Festival (Lewis)
#NaTrads
#HUFTonline
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The wonderful
@eilidhmack
lifts the award for Gaelic Singer of the Year, sponsored by the Highland Society of London. 🎤🎵
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The next award is the Belhaven Bursary for Innovation in Scottish Music ...
And the winner is ... 👀
KINNARIS QUINTET! 🎉
A wonderful boost for a wonderful all girl band!
@Kinnaris5
#NaTrads
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Congratulations to
@JoyDunlop
who has been included on Hands Up for Trad’s inaugral Women in Music and Culture 2023 List to celebrate
#IWD2023
. Read more here.
#EmbraceEquity
#internationalwomensday
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Vote now for Marjolein Robertson nominatit in Scots Speaker o the Year sponsored by Scots Language Centre in Scots Language Awards 2022. Find out more here
@scotslanguage
@marjoleinr
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Warmest wishes to John Urquhart, recipient of the Services to Gaelic Award, sponsored by
@bordnagaidhlig
!✨ Sgoinneil!! 🏴
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This years Hamish Henderson Services to Traditional Music Award goes to piping, singing, highland heavyweight, Allan MacDonald! Nach ann a tha an duine!
#NaTrads
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Congratulations to Margaret Bennett who has been included on Hands Up for Trad’s inaugral Women in Music and Culture 2023 List to celebrate
#IWD2023
. Read more here
#EmbraceEquity
#internationalwomensday
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What a year it’s been for live trad events!
@OrkneyFolkFest
pick up Event of the Year 2023, sponsored by
@VisitScotland
. 🎪🤩👏
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Let’s hear it for the 2023 Scottish Pipe Band of the Year, sponsored by
@ThePipingCentre
…
@TheBoghall
! 🤩 🪩
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🏆 The first award of the night - Original Work of the Year sponsored by
@WeAreTheMU
- goes to Donald Francis MacNeil and
@Skipinnish
for The Clearances Again! 👏
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Thanks to everyone for coming along, getting us trending and supporting your nominees or winners! Now lets support Paisley together to get the City of Culture Award!
@Paisley2021
#NaTrads
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Scots Schuil o the Year sponsored by Itchy Coo / Black & White Publishing.
The Winner: Troqueer Primary School, Dumfries.
#sla
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Congratulations to
@BlazinBruce
MacGreogor and
@MNDoddie5
, the winner of the Trad video of the year award. Sponsored by
@threadsofsound
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The next award is the Gaelic Singer of the Year Award ...
And the winner is ... 👀
MARY ANN KENNEDY!!! 🎉🎉
#NaTrads
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Gie it up fir Shane Strachan! 👏🎆 Yer Scots Champion. 🏆
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The next award is the Music Tutor of the Year ...
And the winner is ... 👀
IAN RUARI FINLAYSON!🎉
#NaTrads
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Tomorrow is
#GiesAScotsPhraseDay
! Award winning sangster
@ionafyfe
tells us all about it!
@scotslanguage
@CreativeScots
@EmmaHarperMSP
@sqanews
@ScotGovScots
@ScotsH
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Check out our new Hands Up for Trad initiative! Say A Gaelic Phrase Day! We are encouraging people to try and speak a wee bit of Gaelic and we've set up an easy resource to help you. Check it out!
#sayagaelicphraseday
#l
àbairtnagàidhlig
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Finalists of BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award 2021 Announced. Read about the finalists here
@scottishmusic
@TradMusicForum
@CreativeScots
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Next up, the 2023 Music Tutor of the Year - sponsored by
@CreativeScots
@SA_YouthMusic
- goes to… Domhnall Bàn MacDonald! 🏆✨
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Very sad news today. Rab Noakes RIP. Read about how life here
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STUDIO ENGINEER OF THE YEAR (Part of STMA Production Awards)
Winner! Keith Morrison (Wee Studio)
#NaTrads
#HUFTonline
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Congratulations! 2021’s
@MGALBA
Scots Trad Music Awards Winners announced at Glasgow’s Engine Works on BBC ALBA.
@scottishmusic
@TradMusicForum
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The next award and final award is the Album of the Year Award!!!
And the winner is ... 👀
BREABACH!!! 🎉🎉
#NaTrads
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The MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards are now live. Vote now for your favourite acts and organisations!
@tradmusicforum
@scottishmusic
@creativescots
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Congratulations Charlie Stewart BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award winner 2017!
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#SayAGaelicPhraseDay
2022 is back! Join us on 18th February and post your favourite Gaelic phrase. If you don't speak Gaelic (yet!), you can still get involved by learning a phrase from our handy list! Go on, go on, go on...
@bordnagaidhlig
@joydunlop
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...and the event of the year for 2021 is
@ccfest
, a huge congratulations & we can't wait for January! Sponsored by
@VisitScotland
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It's all go at Hands Up for Trad! Nominations are open for the
@mgalba
Scots Trad Music Awards 2020 including Trad Album of the Year Longlist are now open. Give us your thoughts here
@tradmusicforum
@scottishmusic
@creativescots
@genuinescotland
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The next award tonight is the Trad Music Venue of the Year!
And the winner is ... 👀
AN TOBAR IN MULL! 🎉
#NaTrads
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📚 Scots Book o the Year sponsored by
@scottishbktrust
goes to Animal Fairm. 🐴
Translated by Thomas Clark & published by
@LuathPress
🙌🎉
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Congratulations to
@norrietago
MacIver, the winner of the online project of 2021 award. Sponsored by
@GordonDuncanMT
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Scots Writer o the Year, sponsored by National Library of Scotland
Winner: Liz Lochhead.
#ScotsLanguageAwards22
#HandsUpForTrad
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We’re on our way to ABERDEEN for
#NaTrads
. Are you excited? We’re excited!
#G
àidhlig
#ce
òl
#heeeuuuch
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The Janet Paisley Services to Scots Language award has been deservedly given to Frieda Morrison. 🗣️🏴 💙
@scotsradiomedia
@CreativeScots
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Congratulations to Karen Matheson, Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame Inductee 2022 Read about Karen's amazing musical life here
@CreativeScots
@TradMusicForum
@scottishmusic
@Karenmatheson7
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3.Scots Speaker o the Year, sponsored by Scots Language Centre. Winner: Marjolein Robertson (Shetland)👏
#ScotsLanguageAwards22
#HandsUpForTrad
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Wersh is sic a grand wird! A taste nae ower sweet, nae ower soor but shairp eneugh tae draw the gums thegither an mak ye screw up yer face in a guid wey! The jam ma mither makit wi goosegogs ilka year wis wersh!
#Scotstober
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Happy birthday Martin Carthy! What a man, what singer!
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Pit yer haunds thegither fir oor 2023 Scots Leid Award winners! 👏 Last nicht wis a grand gaitherin shewin sae mony braw examples o Scottish talent. 💙
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MUSIC PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (Part of STMA Production Awards)
Winner! Anna Massie
#NaTrads
#HUFTonline
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Nominations announced for the
@MGALBA
Scots Trad Music Awards 2020. Find out more here!
#NaTrads
#huftonline
#bbcalba
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Congratulations to Eryn Rae, BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2022.
@TradMusicForum
@scottishmusic
@CreativeScots
@MGALBA
@BBCRadioScot
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The next award is the Scottish Pipe Band of the Year ...
And the winner is... 👀
INVERARAY AND DISTRICT PIPE BAND! 🎉
#NaTrads
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Hi everyone, Top musician
@KrisDrever
had £4k’s worth of gear stolen from a hotel in Glasgow last night. Hands Up for Trad have started a crowdfunder to help Kris recoup some of these costs. Can you help?
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🎶 The nichts the nicht! Wir aa reddit up fir the 5th Scots Leid Awards! Guid luck tae aa thaim wha hae bin nominatit! 🍀🏆
#ScotsLanguageAwards
#ScotsLeidAwards
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The 2018 MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards shortlist has been announced. Read about the nominees and vote here!
@tradmusicforum
@scottishmusic
@creativescots
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🏆 Scots Bairns’ Book o the Year sponsored by Scottish Government (
@scotgov
)
Whit a braw result! 'Guid Mornin! An Guid Nicht!' translatit by Matthew Mackie (Tippermuir Books)
#SLAwards
@ScotGovScots
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